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Then returning to his Excellency prefented the faid 

 Scheme, which his Excellency approv'd of; and return'd 

 it again to Maj. Church and defired him to fee that every 

 thing was provided telling him that he mould have an 

 Order from the CommifTary General to proceed. Then 

 returned home and made it his whole bufinefs to provide 

 Oars and Paddles and a Veffel to carry them round; and 

 then return'd again to his Excellency, who gave him a 

 Commiffion: which is as followeth. 



JOSEPH DUDLEY Efq; 975 Captain General and 

 Govemotir in Chief in and over Her Majeflfs Prov- 

 inces of the Maffachufetts-Bay & New-Hampfhire in 

 New-England in America, and Vice Admiral of the 

 fame. 



To Benjamin Church Efqr\ Greeting. 



• T3 Y Virtue of the Power & Authority in & by her 

 ' 4 M jelly's Royal Commiffion to me granted I do by 

 ' thefe prefents, Repofing fpecial Truft and Confidence in 

 ' your Loyalty, Courage and good Conduft, Conftitute and 

 4 Appoint you to be Colonel of all the Forces raifed and to 



275 Jofeph Dudley was fon of Gov. Ifle of Wight eight years ; came home 



Thomas, of Roxbury; freeman, 1672; 1702, as Governor of Mafs. Col., which 



Deputy, 1673-5; Artillery Company, place he filled until Nov. 1715; died 



1677; Affiftant, 1676-85; went to Eng- 2 April, 1720. His wife was Rebecca, 



land in 1682; Prefident of the Colonies dau. of Edward Tyng; they had 



of Mafs. and N. Hamp., 1686; was of Thomas, Edward, Joleph, Paul, Sam- 



Andros's Council, and Chief Juftice of uel, John, Rebecca, Catharine, Ann, 



the unconftitutional Supreme Court; William, Daniel, Catharine, and Mary, 



was imprifoned here ; went to England [Savage's Gen. Didt. ii : 76; N. E. 



in 1689; was Deputy Governor of the Hiji. and Gen. Reg. i: 71.] 

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